Sagem Communication has completed its range of personal photo printers with its latest model: SAGEM PHOTO EASY 270. The PHOTO EASY 270 comes with a large 6.1 cm pivoting LCD colour screen. Very practical, the screen allows the user to view, select, zoom, touch-up, or reframe shots without a camera or a computer. They can even add frames to the photo or use numerous special effects (black and white, sepia, negative, watercolours, etc).

The printer is equipped with eight buttons and a four-directional navigator giving quick and easy access to the various menus. The PHOTO EASY 270 printer can be connected to a television or a video projector.

It also has 9-in-1 card reader (CF I+II, Microdrive, Memory Stick/Pro, xD Card, SM, MMC, SD, Memory Stick duo and mini SD), camera compatible with PictBridge and DPOF, via a USB connection, wireless printing: Wi Fi*, Bluetooth*,and infrared (IrDA), printing with PC on Mac: USB 2.0 compatible, TV output via S-Video, WiFi or Bluetooth adapter optional.

The reccomended retail price is 199.99 EUR (about 250 USD).


Official Sagem press release:

"Sagem Communication (SAFRAN Group) has completed its range of personal photo printers with its latest model: SAGEM PHOTO EASY 270.
Following the success of the PHOTO EASY 110, the PHOTO EASY 270 uses its innovative design and proposes a model enriched with numerous new functions.
Compact (140x200x83 mm) and light (1.5 kg), with its "chocolate" colour scheme it totally embraces current trends and is a true designer article.

A large colour screen for maximum autonomy: selection and touch-up without a computer
The PHOTO EASYTM 270 comes with a large 6.1 cm pivoting LCD colour screen. Very practical, the screen allows the user to view, select, zoom, touch-up, or reframe shots without a camera or a computer. They can even add frames to the photo or use numerous special effects (black and white, sepia, negative, watercolours, etc).
The printer is equipped with eight buttons and a four-directional navigator giving quick and easy access to the various menus.
Like all SAGEM printers, the PHOTO EASYTM 270 comes with SAGEM CRYSTAL IMAGETM technology, a SAGEM exclusivity enabling the correction of red eye as well as the automatic and instantaneous touching up of photos. For more information: www.sagem.com/crystal-image.

TV connection
The PHOTO EASYTM 270 printer can be connected to a television or a video projector.
To connect to a TV procure the SAGEM Television Printer Kit that includes a remote control and an S-Video cable, enabling the use of the slideshow function on a large screen and the printing of photos directly from the sofa!

High performance consumables
EXCLUSIVITY: SAGEM photo printers are the only ones on the market with a "clamshell" opening, making for simple and practical ribbon loading by just opening the printer from above.
Furthermore, their consumables have some of the greatest autonomy in the market given their reduced size: 75 prints with a single ribbon this is a great advantage for the user who has to change the cartridge much less frequently.
This new system also avoids using a disposable plastic cassette for the ribbon, thus saving extra space and taking another step in the right direction environmentally (less plastic).

COMPLETE MULTIMEDIA CONNECTIVITY
Digital cameras, camera phones, memory cards, PC, Mac: PHOTO EASYTM is the most universal printer for digital photos on the market.
Direct printing, with or without computer:
- 9-in-1 card reader (CF I+II, Microdrive, Memory Stick/Pro, xD Card, SM, MMC, SD, Memory Stick duo and mini SD)
- Camera compatible with PictBridge and DPOF, via a USB connection
- Wireless printing: Wi Fi*, Bluetooth*,and infrared (IrDA),
- Printing with PC on Mac: USB 2.0 compatible
- TV output via S-Video
* WiFi or Bluetooth adapter optional

EXCELLENT PRINTING QUALITY FOR ULTRA-RESISTANT PHOTOS
PHOTO EASYTM printers use thermal sublimation to print very high quality photos in 10x15 cm format: 300 x 300 pixels per inch (equivalent to a 4800x4800 dpi inkjet printer) and 16.77 million colours.
Thermal sublimation, a professional technique, enables the printing of photos with bright and accurate colours with optimum definition.
It gives a continuous rendering of colours and applies a brilliant protective film on the printed area. With highly resistant and waterproof paper the photos will not be altered, even after much handling.
A master of thermal transfer technology for many years, Sagem Communication is the European leader in the fax market using this technology.

RECOMMENDED RETAIL PRICES:

SAGEM PHOTO EASYTM 270:


179.99 Euros including VAT

SAGEM PHOTO EASYTM 270 WIFI (including a WiFi adapter):


199.99 Euros including VAT

Consumables: (Packs containing the colour cartridge and 10x15cm photo paper)

Pack for 75 prints, SAGEM DSR 420:


34.99 Euros including VAT

Pack for 150prints, SAGEM DSR 420D:


44.99 Euros including VAT

Cost per printed photo:


0.30 euros

Accessory:


SAGEM TELEVISION PRINTER KIT:


19.99 Euros including VA"

Sagem Communication launched today a new innovative range of compact, efficient and low cost mono A4 paper size professional laser MFPs. The range comprises five different models:
MF44 series: sheetfed scanner with fax function.
MF54 series: flatbed scanner with automatic document feeder and fax function

The official Sagem press release:
"INNOVATIVE FUNCTIONS COMBINED WITH TRIED AND TESTED ROBUSTNESS
MF 4461, 5401, 5461 et 5481n models feature a built-in USB host reader to scan and save all kinds of documents to a memory key (scan-to-key function). This also allows for wireless printing when connected to a WLAN dungle, in order to adapt to any office environment.

MF44 & 54 series have a 16 ppm printing engine able to print up to 80 000 pages, with a standard 250 page paper tray. They can be connected either to a PC (MF 4461 & 5401 - 5461) or to the local area network (MF 5481n), and by doing so reply to every requirement.
The MF54 series colour flatbed scanner is able to scan 50 pages in a row, with an accurate result thanks to its 600 x 2400 dpi resolution.

Everyday communications as well as peaks of traffic can be easily managed with the 3 second transmission Super G3 fax modem, a 500 page* unlimited flash memory, and a possibility to send short messages (regular fixed line operator SMS service) and faxes from a connected PC.
It is also possible to extend the size of the fax memory by routing the incoming faxes to a USB memory key.

Archiving and modifying scanned documents in Excel® and Word® Microsoft applications through OCR (optical character recognition) is easy thanks to the Scansoft document management included software, Paper Port®.

SMART AND COST EFFECTIVE ALL IN ONE CARTRIDGE
MF44 & 54 series work with the same toner and drum all in one cartridge that is available in two versions : 2200 pages and 4000 pages capacity, in order to catch with different printing traffics.

Thanks to the smart and chip card, the toner and drum cartridge sends notifications to highlight better management, and the TonerSave function enables printing of up to 6000 pages.

The MF54 series has already been introduced in Sagem’s pan-European sales network in September 2006 and the MF44 series will be available from October 1st.

Recommended retail prices :

- Fax 4440: 279 Euros exc. VAT
- MF 4461: 329 Euros exc. VAT
- MF 5401: 219 Euros exc. VAT
- MF 5461: 289 Euros exc. VAT
- MF 5481n: 339 Euros exc. VAT

All in one toner and drum cartridge:

CTR360 2200 pages: 69,99 Euros exc. VAT
CTR365 4000 pages: 99,99 Euros exc. VAT

WLAN dongle (wireless printing): 39,99 Euros Exc. VAT"

There are two commercial ways of printing high-quality photographs directly from your digital cameras. You can spray tiny drops of coloured ink at the paper, as inkjets do, or you can heat tiny dots of wax until they transfer from a coated sheet, as dye sublimation does. The PrintEasy 110 is Sagem’s take on dye sublimation and claims to offer high print quality at low cost.

TrustedReviews has a nice review on this printer and here are their conclusions. Although small, the PrintEasy 110 is a chunky little unit, coloured in cream and chalky blue, with a round, green button on top, three sockets on the side and a flap which folds down from the front to take the paper cartridge. This cartridge can be filled with up to 25 sheets of glossy photo paper, designed as postcards with small perforated strips at either end, which can be torn off once the print is complete.

A release lever on the right-hand side enables you to hinge the top cover up and reveal the two dye film rolls, typical of this type of dye sublimation printer. We've previously looked at similar machines from Canon and Samsung, but at £70, the PrintEasy is substantially cheaper than either. The Samsung machine is close to £200.

The conclusion is that Sagem’s EasyPrint 110 is truly idiot-proof to use, and it would be hard to think that anyone could produce poor prints from the printer, unless they were a lousy photographer. It's not often we award a printer 10/10, but when you look at the print quality of this little machine and couple it with the low print cost and low asking price, there's no avoiding that conclusion.

Read full review here.